Lega Lombarda (English translation: "Lombard League", LL), whose complete name is Lega Lombarda–Lega Nord ("Lombard League–Northern League"), is a regionalistpolitical party active in Lombardy. It is one of the national sections of Lega Nord (LN) and, along with Liga Veneta, forms the bulk of the federal party, which has been led by Lombards since its foundation.

In 1989–1990 the LL took part in the process of federating the Northern regionalist parties, ahead of the regional elections. In February 1991 it was merged into Lega Nord (LN) and since then it has been the "national" section of the LN in Lombardy. Bossi was subsequently elected federal secretary of the LN, while maintaining the role of national secretary of the LL for a while.

Negri was replaced as secretary by Roberto Calderoli,[9] who, as president,[10] had evicted him from the party, despite being his brother-in-law.[11] Calderoli led the party to its best result up to that point in the 1996 general election, when it gained 25.5%.[12]

In 2002 Giorgetti decided to step down from national secretary and the party elected its new leadership at a congress in June. Matteo Salvini ran as candidate of the faction around Roberto Maroni,[15][16] while Cesarino Monti was the candidate of the old guard and of Bossi's loyalists.[17][18] Salvini won the election with 74% of the votes, that is to say the support of 403 delegates out of 532.[19][20] Soon after, Giorgetti was appointed national president.

In November 2013 Salvini succeeded to Maroni as Lega Nord's federal secretary and, later on, he appointed a federal commissioner, Stefano Borghesi, to fill the post. Borghesi was later replaced by Grimoldi.[24][25] In November 2015 Grimoldi was elected national secretary of the party.[26][27][28]

In May 2017, after Salvini's re-election as LN federal secretary, five LL members (Bordonali, Fabrizio Cecchetti, Giulio De Capitani, Simona Pergreffi and Jacopo Vignati) were elected to the federal council with Salvini, a sixth (Giorgetti) was elected as an independent and a seventh (Gianni Fava) on behalf of the minority.[29][30] In December Stucchi was elected president of LL,[31] replacing Giorgetti, who whose more and more involved at the federal level as deputy of Salvini.